Table of Contents
A Second in the Life of an Atomic Clock
Why a Second isn’t a Second and a half.
Defining the Second
What it Means: “hyperfine levels”
Quantum Mechanics of the Hyperfine Transition.
Quantum Mechanics of the Hyperfine Levels
What it Means: “fundamental state”
What it Means: “radiation corresponding”
What it Means: putting it all together.
Anatomy of an Atomic Clock
Anatomy of an Atomic Clock
Anatomy of an Atomic Clock
The First Generation: Standard Cesium Clock
The First Generation: Standard Cesium Clock
The First Generation: Refinements
The First Generation: Refinements
The First Generation: Refinements
The 2nd Generation: Cesium Fountain Atomic Clocks
The 2nd Generation: Cesium Fountain Atomic Clocks
The 2nd Generation: Cesium Fountain Atomic Clocks
Corrections
The Next Generation? Ion Clocks.
Ion Clocks
Ion Clocks
References
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